diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index 9587c42c11..a1c810cc43 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/samalba/dockerclient",
-			"Rev": "48d211b4bab6028425b0cd34606c974634836986"
+			"Rev": "12570e600d71374233e5056ba315f657ced496c7"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/samuel/go-zookeeper/zk",
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/samalba/dockerclient/dockerclient.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/samalba/dockerclient/dockerclient.go
index fe2a648b41..cdfd56d8ca 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/samalba/dockerclient/dockerclient.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/samalba/dockerclient/dockerclient.go
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ type DockerClient struct {
 	URL           *url.URL
 	HTTPClient    *http.Client
 	TLSConfig     *tls.Config
-	monitorEvents int32
 	monitorStats  int32
+	eventStopChan chan (struct{})
 }
 
 type Error struct {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func NewDockerClientTimeout(daemonUrl string, tlsConfig *tls.Config, timeout tim
 		}
 	}
 	httpClient := newHTTPClient(u, tlsConfig, timeout)
-	return &DockerClient{u, httpClient, tlsConfig, 0, 0}, nil
+	return &DockerClient{u, httpClient, tlsConfig, 0, nil}, nil
 }
 
 func (client *DockerClient) doRequest(method string, path string, body []byte, headers map[string]string) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -236,16 +236,23 @@ func (client *DockerClient) readJSONStream(stream io.ReadCloser, decode func(*js
 
 	go func() {
 		decoder := json.NewDecoder(stream)
-		defer stream.Close()
+		stopped := make(chan struct{})
+		go func() {
+			<-stopChan
+			stream.Close()
+			stopped <- struct{}{}
+		}()
+
 		defer close(resultChan)
 		for {
 			decodeResult := decode(decoder)
 			select {
-			case <-stopChan:
+			case <-stopped:
 				return
 			default:
 				resultChan <- decodeResult
 				if decodeResult.err != nil {
+					stream.Close()
 					return
 				}
 			}
@@ -354,32 +361,27 @@ func (client *DockerClient) MonitorEvents(options *MonitorEventsOptions, stopCha
 }
 
 func (client *DockerClient) StartMonitorEvents(cb Callback, ec chan error, args ...interface{}) {
-	atomic.StoreInt32(&client.monitorEvents, 1)
-	go client.getEvents(cb, ec, args...)
-}
+	client.eventStopChan = make(chan struct{})
 
-func (client *DockerClient) getEvents(cb Callback, ec chan error, args ...interface{}) {
-	uri := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/events", client.URL.String(), APIVersion)
-	resp, err := client.HTTPClient.Get(uri)
-	if err != nil {
-		ec <- err
-		return
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
-	dec := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body)
-	for atomic.LoadInt32(&client.monitorEvents) > 0 {
-		var event *Event
-		if err := dec.Decode(&event); err != nil {
+	go func() {
+		eventErrChan, err := client.MonitorEvents(nil, client.eventStopChan)
+		if err != nil {
 			ec <- err
 			return
 		}
-		cb(event, ec, args...)
-	}
+
+		for e := range eventErrChan {
+			if e.Error != nil {
+				ec <- err
+				return
+			}
+			go cb(&e.Event, ec, args...)
+		}
+	}()
 }
 
 func (client *DockerClient) StopAllMonitorEvents() {
-	atomic.StoreInt32(&client.monitorEvents, 0)
+	close(client.eventStopChan)
 }
 
 func (client *DockerClient) StartMonitorStats(id string, cb StatCallback, ec chan error, args ...interface{}) {
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/samalba/dockerclient/examples/events.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/samalba/dockerclient/examples/events.go
index 07d05dfc1c..2d6de40c7a 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/samalba/dockerclient/examples/events.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/samalba/dockerclient/examples/events.go
@@ -12,10 +12,15 @@ func eventCallback(e *dockerclient.Event, ec chan error, args ...interface{}) {
 	log.Println(e)
 }
 
+var (
+	client *dockerclient.DockerClient
+)
+
 func waitForInterrupt() {
 	sigChan := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(sigChan, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGQUIT)
 	for _ = range sigChan {
+		client.StopAllMonitorEvents()
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 }
@@ -26,7 +31,9 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	docker.StartMonitorEvents(eventCallback, nil)
+	client = docker
+
+	client.StartMonitorEvents(eventCallback, nil)
 
 	waitForInterrupt()
 }
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/samalba/dockerclient/types.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/samalba/dockerclient/types.go
index 57150641e8..2b2ca44220 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/samalba/dockerclient/types.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/samalba/dockerclient/types.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type ContainerConfig struct {
 	OnBuild         []string
 	Labels          map[string]string
 
-	// FIXME: Compatibility
+	// FIXME: The following fields have been removed since API v1.18
 	Memory     int64
 	MemorySwap int64
 	CpuShares  int64
diff --git a/cluster/engine.go b/cluster/engine.go
index aa7dd84a5f..2e715a2e38 100644
--- a/cluster/engine.go
+++ b/cluster/engine.go
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ func (e *Engine) ConnectWithClient(client dockerclient.Client) error {
 // Disconnect will stop all monitoring of the engine.
 // The Engine object cannot be further used without reconnecting it first.
 func (e *Engine) Disconnect() {
+	e.Lock()
+	defer e.Unlock()
+
 	// do not close the chan, so it wait until the refreshLoop goroutine stops
 	e.stopCh <- struct{}{}
 	e.client.StopAllMonitorEvents()
@@ -318,12 +321,13 @@ func (e *Engine) refreshLoop() {
 		} else {
 			if !e.healthy {
 				log.WithFields(log.Fields{"name": e.Name, "id": e.ID}).Info("Engine came back to life. Hooray!")
+				if err := e.updateSpecs(); err != nil {
+					log.WithFields(log.Fields{"name": e.Name, "id": e.ID}).Errorf("Update engine specs failed: %v", err)
+					continue
+				}
 				e.client.StopAllMonitorEvents()
 				e.client.StartMonitorEvents(e.handler, nil)
 				e.emitEvent("engine_reconnect")
-				if err := e.updateSpecs(); err != nil {
-					log.WithFields(log.Fields{"name": e.Name, "id": e.ID}).Errorf("Update engine specs failed: %v", err)
-				}
 			}
 			e.healthy = true
 		}